Did not meet RO, but was let in by border officer (airport).
Questions were thorough (5mins), but wasn’t sent for further (second) interview.
Wasn’t told anything about RO not met, nor verbal warning, nor any hint of notes being placed on my record - and was not asked to sign anything.
How do I know whether I have been reported (in my file)?
Based on your account of the examination it appears unlikely, perhaps it is safe to say highly unlikely, that a formal "Report" for inadmissibility was prepared against you. This is referring to the 44(1) Report for inadmissibility due to a breach of the Residency Obligation. As
@steaky commented, "
usually" a copy of such a formal Report is given to the PR (whether the PR then signs some documentation depends on the extent to which the subsequent procedures are completed and their outcome).
Whether notes were made to your GCMS record is far more difficult to discern. Even if notes were, in effect, reported to your "file," that would not mean much other than there is a record of the entry and some notes about you, perhaps an "alert" (typically referred to in this forum as a "flag") that in some regards gives notice there may be a PR Residency Obligation concern to any officials later engaging in a transaction with you . . . such as another Port-of-Entry examination (upon returning to Canada if you leave) or if you were to apply for a PR card. As long as you do not leave Canada and do not apply for a new PR card, or to sponsor a family member's PR application, UNTIL AFTER you have stayed long enough to be in compliance with the PR RO, any such note to your file would not affect you.
Generally a traveler will not be advised if any such notes were being made. Sometimes it is apparent but not always. PRs can make the ATIP request for copies of their records, but without an application in process this would require a customized request (can be a little complicated) and even then my sense is any such notes would not be shared with the client (the PR), but rather considered confidential investigatory material (not at all sure of this, but that is my best estimate).
From your account it is not possible to know whether your screening was limited to PIL (Primary Inspection Line) questioning or was a Secondary level examination. In normal times five minutes of questions would signal it was a Secondary level of screening. But these days things are complicated by the additional screening due to measures in response to the global pandemic.
Even in normal times it can be difficult to discern what level of screening a PR-traveler arriving in Canada was subject to at a PoE in an airport. It is not as if, typically, the officials formally announce or describe their specific role.
Overall: all looks OK. Main thing is if they asked for current contact information in Canada that you gave them contact information that will actually work, that will actually result in communications getting to you.
Usually if you are reported, they will give you something to sign and told you.
Agree with "
usually." But recognizing what "
usually" is the case falls well short of knowing what actually happened in any particular case.
As I have discussed in other topics, I recently learned that despite the guidelines in the Operational Manuals, apparently it is not uncommon for a 44(1) Report to be prepared and not shared with the PR if, for example, a second officer (acting as the Minister's Delegate, but in practice just a second CBSA immigration officer) is not then available to review the Report.
